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This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a world class team delivering the exciting UKTIN Programme, supporting UK companies to accelerate their growth through innovation, investment and partnership delivering economic impact into the UK economy.
The role
You will be working as part of a dynamic and friendly team of events staff along with a wider team at each of the individual Universities within the SETsquared Partnership. The role of the Programme and Event Coordinator is to provide professional support for programme training and events.
This includes organising companies involvement in corporate showcase opportunities; day to day administration of training and events including:
- confirming speakers/trainers, liaison & booking of venues as appropriate, communication with delegates;
- building good working relationships with colleagues across the wider team and flexibility to work on other aspects of the UKTIN Programme as required;
- manage the campaign trackers and support marketing efforts to publish webpages and attract audiences;
- work closely with SETsquared’s marketing team to maximise and realise the publicity opportunities for each training programme and event, including the appropriate use of social and new media;
- acting as key point of contact for all internal and external enquiries adopting a professional response to both email and phone enquiries.
This role is offered on a full time (36.5 hours per week) fixed term basis until 30/06/2025.
About you
- Have well developed administration and organisational skills
- Ability to coordinate face to face and online events
- Be able to follow processes and work on your own initiative
- An ability to recognise obstacles and seek solutions
- Be able to multi-task across projects on a daily basis
For informal enquiries about the role please contact Karina Moore on karina.moore@setsquared.co.uk.
About the department
SETsquared is the enterprise partnership of six research-intensive universities – Bath, Bristol, Cardiff, Exeter, Southampton, and Surrey. We provided a range of support programmes which help student and researcher enterprises, start-ups, spin-outs and scale-ups to develop, grow and attract investment and funding.
Independent research carried out by Warwick Economics and Development estimates that companies supported by the SETsquared Partnership ecosystem have contributed £15.7bn to the UK economy over the last 20 years.
What we can offer you
- a very generous employer contributory pension scheme
- generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
- we are a family-friendly University and with an increasingly agile workforce, are open to flexible working arrangements
- an excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
- a wide range of personal and professional development opportunities
- a number of support options available for new and existing staff to help with the cost of some immigration expenses which you may be eligible for: Relocation allowance, Visa Reimbursement, Interest-Free Loan.
